The Harlo (née Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King))| 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Still looks like a terracotta fun house
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

As usual lets hold off until its complete. Too many times (every time) we jump the gun and then the project turns out fine.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

The cladding is fine.

There are buildings that suck.

This sure as hell isn't one of them.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Exactly. *cough 888 boyls-ton of garbage
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Adding a cornice would help quite a bit here
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Well I think they are going for a brick look, but that definitely looks like terracotta and not brick:

terracotta---middle-earth-tiles.jpg


They should have kept it on the low rise. Running it up the building makes it feel too heavy. Just a personal opinion/understand it's not done.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

I guess I am the only one the little bend in the facade annoys. I mean ... its annoying. Yes?


cca

(you all see it too .... right?)
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

cca said:
I guess I am the only one the little bend in the facade annoys. I mean ... its annoying. Yes?


cca

(you all see it too .... right?)
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I think that's what bldbldbld was poking fun at when he called it a "fun house". I definitely agree with the general sentiment - this building doesn't look that great IMO. But I will reserve final judgment until it is completed.

That being said, even if it looks bad it's still a hell of a lot better than a burger king and parking lot.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

FenwayResident said:
I think that's what bldbldbld was poking fun at when he called it a "fun house". I definitely agree with the general sentiment - this building doesn't look that great IMO. But I will reserve final judgment until it is completed.
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Gonna break with that so-called general sentiment here: I've got no problems with this building as of yet. I think it works.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

bldbldbld said:
Still looks like a terracotta fun house
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Where Boston needs architecture, we instead get cartoons. It's apparently how we roll - we had a cartoonish mayor for twenty years.

theSil said:
Adding a cornice would help quite a bit here
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Acknowledge craft without slavish imitation. Mies, Paul Rudolph, and Louis Kahn all understood this.

cca said:
I guess I am the only one the little bend in the facade annoys. I mean ... its annoying. Yes?
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It's a cheap (and value-engineered) nod to Gehry. Can we please move on?

atlantaden said:
I guess you're lucky you don't live in NYC then! ;)

https://www.dezeen.com/2017/04/05/s...copper-clad-luxury-apartment-towers-new-york/
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It's quite handsome in person, if a bit cheeky. Opulence, with a sense of humor.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

I think it looks fine.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

^ I appreciate the rigorousness of Rudolph's work, and recognize that the austerity (or gravitas) present in much of his large-scale work seems oppressive by contemporary standards. What I react to in Rudolph is different than what so many react against. Not everyone likes Richard Serra, or Messiaen, or Wallace Stevens, or Mogwai.

For the curious, I'd suggest checking out his houses, and his astonishing Chapel at Tuskegee.
 
Re: Skanska Fenway Project (Burger King) | 1350 Boylston Street | Fenway

Man, Beton, you keep it real every time. Kudos x 10.
 
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